- Angers, capital of Maine et Loire, département of Western Loire
- 16th city in France with more than 280,000 inhabitants, including 300,000 students
- Located 300 km from Paris (1 ½ hours by TGV) and 90 km from Nantes (40 min)
- Industrial and services metropolis (more than 6000 businesses) and business centre of repute
Figures for tourism (in French only): click here
- 400,000 visitors a year in 12 sites
- 116,000 requests for information made to the Tourist Office every year
- Accommodation capacity
- 126 establishments, including 56 hotels, 19 gites, 19 furnished holiday lets, 20 guest rooms, 6 camp sites, 7 reception centres
- 7055 beds, including 4200 for the hotel trade
- 625,000 business nights, country inns, camping and caravanning
- Considerable business tourism (45,000 delegate days at the Angers Centre de Congrès) and more than 500,000 visitors a year to the Exhibition Park.
- 25% of foreign tourists at the tourist office reception desk are essentially European: English, German, Italian, and Spanish
- 5085 jobs, i.e. 4.5% of the salaried workforce
- 3rd industrial sector in the Angers area after IT and cars
- An annual turnover of 442 million Euros.